[lepton]

leading to heart failure and death even among those who show no signs of respiratory distress.

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This fits a bunch of anecdotal - and even specific testimony by doctors - evidence we’ve been seeing. It also explains the much-stronger-than-the-flu link to hypertension seen in the Italy study that was widely reported.

This coronavirus kills a lot of folks that the flu wouldn’t.

[gas_dr]

You are incorrect. ARDS can be cause by any viral agent. You are higher risk with more comorbidities. I have seen an awful lot of non CoVId cases in my time influenza and other respiratory tract infection where the risk is heart disease and leads to the exact same pathology and pathophysiology.